| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Cover | Fountain of Fear |
| Credits | Pencils: Mike Sekowsky? | Inks: Mike Peppe? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Advertisement | Chewing Gum! Reduce (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for losing weight with chewing gum from American Healthaids Co. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Also includes indicia. |
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| Comic Story | Fountain of Fear (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | An escaped convict finds the fountain of youth. He tries to change his appearance by getting younger, but vengeful Indian spirits won't let him leave the fountain. |
| Credits | Pencils: George Roussos | Inks: George Roussos | Job #: B-1761 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Black Candle (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The witch Mortella fabricates a black candle, meant to bring death to her pious neighbor. |
| Credits | Pencils: Gene Fawcette | Inks: Gene Fawcette | Job #: B-1778 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Advertisement | Boys, Girls, Men, Women! |
| Synopsis | Ad for selling Christian mottos to win prizes from the FUNman. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Weird facts. |
| Featuring | Horror's Scrapbook |
| Credits | Job #: B-1776 |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Horror-suspense | Characters: Buhram |
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| Comic Story | The Coin of Evil (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Three wishes come true by the magic of a beggar's coin. But there's a horrible price to pay. |
| Credits | Script: W. W. Jacobs (original story);? (adaptation) | Pencils: Nick Cardy | Inks: Nick Cardy?; Mike Peppe? | Letters: John Duffy | Job #: B-1563 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Adapted from the story "The Monkey's Paw". See http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2008/11/coin-of-evil-mask-of-graffenwehr.html |
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| Advertisement | Borrow Money by Mail! |
| Synopsis | Ad to borrow money from the State Finance Company. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Activity | Horror Maze |
| Credits | Job #: B-1760 |
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| Text Story | Hands of Fate (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A madman chops off the hands of steel workers. He is lured into a police trap and caught. |
| Credits | Script: Gordon Jones (credited) | Pencils: Jack Katz | Inks: Jack Katz? | Letters: Typeset | Job #: C 1624 B 1471 |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | The Prophecy (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Carlotta sees death in the cards for thief Chuck Hanson. He kills Carlotta and is doomed to die by water. He does so after weeks on the run. |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Katz | Inks: Vince Colletta | Job #: B-1752 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Inking credit confirmed by Jack Katz per Facebook post by original art owner Bill Leach. |
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| Comic Story | Aria in Blood (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | An attempt to get the lead role in an opera goes terribly wrong. |
| Credits | Pencils: George Roussos? | Inks: George Roussos | Job #: B-1756 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Man They Could Not Hang (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Sam Johns is sentenced to hang for a crime he didn't commit, but the trap on the scaffold refuses to open when he is about to be hung. |
| Credits | Pencils: Pete Morisi | Inks: Pete Morisi | Job #: B-1408 |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Sam Johns |
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| Comic Story | The Wig (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | A barber kills a man and steals his hair for a wig, but the wig seeks revenge. |
| Credits | Pencils: Mike Roy (signed) | Inks: Mike Roy (signed) | Letters: Herb Field | Job #: B-1762 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Mask of Graffenwehr (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tamis Kahn gazes into the face of a woman he killed earlier in the day. |
| Credits | Pencils: Alex Toth | Inks: Mike Peppe | Letters: Alex Toth | Job #: B-1767 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Tamis Kahn |
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| Advertisement | Gain More Weight (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for More-Wate Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Advertisement | Daisy (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Red Ryder Daisy guns. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Red Ryder |
| Notes | On back cover of comic. |
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